Gerard Duval

Gerard Duval (died 1918) was a French Army private who served on the Western Front of World War I. He worked as a printer before the war broke out, upon which he left his wife and fought against the Germans in the trenches. In 1918, he was fatally stabbed by the Imperial German Army soldier Paul Baumer during an assault on the German trench, and a remorseful Baumer tried to bandage Duval's wounds after being forced to spend the night in the same ditch as a dying Duval. However, Duval died before Baumer could help him, causing Baumer to apologize to him and discover his name and occupation from his journal.